abderittisk

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

abderitt +‎ -isk, first part from German Abderit (“Abderite”), from Latin Abderita, Abderites, from Ancient Greek Ἀβδηρίτης (Abdērítēs), from Ἄβδηρα (Ábdēra, “Abdera”), from a Phoenician word + -ῑ́της (-ī́tēs, “demonymic suffix”), a back-formation of πολῑ́της (polī́tēs), from both πόλις (pólis, “city, community”), from Proto-Hellenic *ptólis (“city”), from Proto-Indo-European *tpólHis, from *tpelH- (“fortification, city”) + and from -της (-tēs, forms demonyms), from Proto-Hellenic *-tās, probably from Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ and *-tós (forms verbal adjectives). Last part from Old Norse -iskr, from Proto-Germanic *-iskaz, from Proto-Indo-European *-iskos.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /abdəˈrɪtːɪsk/
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Rhymes: -ɪsk
Hyphenation: ab‧de‧ritt‧isk

Adjective

abderittisk (neuter singular abderittisk, definite singular and plural abderittiske, comparative mer abderittisk, superlative mest abderittisk)

(figuratively, literary) abderian (foolish; absurd; ridiculous; inclined to incessant merriment or laughter)
- 1918, Henrik Wergeland, Samlede Skrifter VI,1, page 123:
  en udeelt bestemt liden lyksalig abderitisk øe
  an indeterminately determined little blissful abderian island
- 1929 January 17, Øvre Richter Frich, A-magasinet, from the article «Opfinnere og opfinnelser efterlyses I», page 2:
  det helt igjennem umoderne og abderitiske apparat, som kalles en fyrstikkeske
  it is completely outdated and abderitic apparatus, which is called a matchbox
- 1931 June 19, Morgenbladet, C.J. Hambro, page 1:
  en [litteratur]forskning som gjerne har villet kalde sig analytisk, men som mest av alt har været abderitisk i sin frygt for aand
  a [literature] research that has liked to call itself analytical, but which most of all has been abderian in its fear of spirit
Synonyms: trangsynt, molboaktig, trangviksk

References

“abderittisk” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).